unable to activate a wifi access point

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opensuse 13.1 x86_64 , kde 4.12.1

i create a wifi access point with kde settings/networkmanager

i know settings are good with the advises from Lamarque V. Souza dev of networkmanager
then i use his method to activate the ap

when i click in plasmoid-networkmanagement on the ap to activate the ap
then
i have a windows

  • saying it is forbidden to share a protected wifi network
  • asking root password
    then
    i fill the root password
    then
    nothing happens
    in the plasmoid-networkmanagement the ap is not activated <=> pc is not connected to the wifi ap network

in the same windows there is a link to edit the security policy about networmanager but if i click on it nothings happens

			additional info : see here discussion with lamarque V. souza

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330473

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On 01/28/2014 08:36 AM, promeneur wrote:
>
> opensuse 13.1 x86_64 , kde 4.12.1
>
> i create a wifi access point with kde settings/networkmanager
>
> i know settings are good with the advises from Lamarque V. Souza dev of
> networkmanager
> then i use his method to activate the ap
>
> when i click in plasmoid-networkmanagement on the ap to activate the ap
> then
> i have a windows
> - saying it is forbidden to share a protected wifi network
> - asking root password
> then
> i fill the root password
> then
> nothing happens
> in the plasmoid-networkmanagement the ap is not activated <=> pc is not
> connected to the wifi ap network
>
> in the same windows there is a link to edit the security policy about
> networmanager but if i click on it nothings happens
>
> additional info : see here discussion with lamarque V. souza
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330473

Two points:

(1) Not all wireless drivers can host a soft AP.
(2) Use hostapd. When I want to test such a soft AP, I turn off NetworkManager
and use ifup to control the gateway to the Internet.

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Not all wireless drivers can host a soft AP.

this is duble checked . see the link i supply

Use hostapd. When I want to test such a soft AP, I turn off NetworkManager
and use ifup to control the gateway to the Internet.

today kde networkmanager implements wifi ap
once you created the wifi ap you have just to click on it in plasmoid-networkmangement and a complete (dhcp service etc.) ap is activated
but
i will try hostapd if there is somewhere a good tutorial because i spent already much time with this pb .
this will check a third time my wifi card is ap capable . this is a good thing .

4

some news :

i found an update of wpa_supplicant spllied wifi ap mode here
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/StefanBruens:/branches:/hardware/openSUSE_13.1/

i can connect my pc to its internal wifi ap .

with kde connect
from smartphone to pc i can

  • send a ping
  • send a file
  • manage sound level of vlc

that’s all due to “you need android 4.3” to have all the kde connect features and i have 4.2.2 and no hope to have 4.3

for my needs kde connect is just a proof of concept
i am impatient kde connect is compliant with bluetooth with features :

  • sync contact calendar, tasks to avoid any use of google resource
  • exchange files with dolphin .

i learned interesting things :

  • my linksys WP600N originaly does not work in ap mode but with the open source driver rt2800pci it does !
  • protocol “n” is not used but instead “b/g” is used